Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTStay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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